LONDON (Reuters) - American rock star Meat Loaf was taken to hospital in Londonafter collapsing during a concert, his record company said Tuesday.

The 56-year-old singer "collapsed from exhaustion due to a prolonged viralinfection. It is not life-threatening," a company spokesman said.

Meat Loaf, famed for his mega-hit "Bat Out Of Hell," collapsed in the middle ofMonday night's concert at London's Wembley Arena, tried to perform another songbut on advice from paramedics was taken to the nearest hospital.

His sell-out concert Tuesday night was canceled on doctors' orders. "Meat Loafwill be re-evaluated by doctors today and further information about his statuswill be made available," a hospital statement said.

Gotta love him trying to get back up and sing one more song before being carted off to the hospital...

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LONDON - Rock star Meat Loaf underwent heart surgery in a London hospital after being diagnosed with a condition that causes an irregular heartbeat, his record label said Tuesday.

He had a catheter ablation Ã‚â€” a procedure in which tissue is removed to restore a normal heartbeat Ã‚â€” on Friday at the Wellington Hospital in St. John's Wood, London, and left on Saturday, his U.K. record label Mercury said.

The 52-year-old star collapsed Nov. 17 as he performed at London's Wembley Arena and was taken to Northwick Park Hospital to recover from exhaustion due to a prolonged viral infection. Subsequent tests showed he had Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a condition which causes an irregular heartbeat and can lead to dizziness and fainting, his record label said.

A Wellington Hospital spokesman had previously said that the musician Ã‚â€” whose real name is Marvin Lee Aday Ã‚â€” underwent an unspecified procedure there.

Mercury said Meat Loaf was recovering in London and would undergo further tests later this week, after which more details of his condition and tour plans would be released.

"I went through a whole week of tests for my heart and lungs and they found out I have a condition called Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. Basically, it is a condition where an individual is born with an extra electrical pathway in the heart. Many, many people are born with this condition and can live their whole lives without ever knowing it is there. Mine appeared to have remained quiet until now. The cardiologist performed an angiogram on Friday and they were successful in removing the extra pathway (a procedure called "ablation"). The prognosis is excellent as the procedure's success rate is over 95%. I was in surgery for around 2 hours, out of the hospital and back at the hotel. Try for the next show to be the 30th, thur I will get the ok from the cardiologist to play."

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